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Emily Matchar

Can’t find a job? Move overseas

To a large extent, this wave of overseas migration is simply part of life in an increasingly globalized economy — and that’s a good thing. That young people would look beyond the United States when considering job prospects is a sign of a maturing country and an increasingly open and multicultural world. There’s no reason that smart, talented people should stay in the country where they were born or where they grew up. Plus, working abroad means learning new skills to be brought back to the United States — assuming you choose to return.

But the fact that so many young Americans are moving abroad of out necessity, because U.S. companies and institutions aren’t paying decent salaries and benefits? That’s problematic. The fact that so many young Americans have lost faith in the United States as a place of innovation and possibility? That’s deeply worrying.

We need to invest in talent, in education. We need to offer benefits similar to those in other developed nations. We need to recognize that working longer hours and “doing more with less” doesn’t create better workers, only more burnt-out ones.

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I think that is a great plan! How about all the union thugs leave and get jobs overseas and let those nations give them all the benefits they demand? And if the US is SO bad, how come illegal aliens continue to come here? I know, ‘free stuff’!

Brilliant. I love the idea. Let the kids who people were counting on to fund their retirements and medical care leave the country. Just make sure you go somewhere where they cannot get a hold of your earnings and confiscate taxes from you.

The fact that so many young Americans have lost faith in the United States as a place of innovation and possibility? That’s deeply worrying.

Absolute idiot. The only reason there are jobs to be found overseas is that the US is killing oil, gas, and mineral exploration, excavation, and drilling on public lands. Canada and (to a much lesser degree) Australia have at least encouraged mining, oil, and gas.

I guarantee you won’t find people emigrating from the US to go find employment in the EU, and you won’t find people going to many places outside the US for manufacturing jobs, either – not “because U.S. companies and institutions aren’t paying decent salaries and benefits”, f*cktard, but because in the few areas where there *are* manufacturing jobs to be found, those jobs are located in countries whose wages are far lower than those of the US or other first world countries.

I suppose this is the latest iteration of “funemployment” from the knee-pad media?

I guarantee you won’t find people emigrating from the US to go find employment in the EU, and you won’t find people going to many places outside the US for manufacturing jobs, either – not “because U.S. companies and institutions aren’t paying decent salaries and benefits”, f*cktard, but because in the few areas where there *are* manufacturing jobs to be found, those jobs are located in countries whose wages are far lower than those of the US or other first world countries.

I suppose this is the latest iteration of “funemployment” from the knee-pad media?

In other words, we need to take even more of these companies money and give it to the NEA. Somehaw I don’t think thats the answer.

We need to offer benefits similar to those in other developed nations.

Who? As opposed to hoarding all that money like Scrooge McDuck? I think the author missed the point.

so many young Americans have lost faith in the United States as a place of innovation

Nonsense. Just in the last 10 years we’ve seen so much technology come out of this country- Slightly more powerfur cellphone processors, laptops with no keyboards, and countless MySpaoe rip-offs. A technological revolution!

This is an excellent idea, in reality. I changed careers from law to teaching. Before starting teaching in the school system at home ( full disclosure: I’m Canadian) I decided to come to work in South America for one year. That was almost 10 years ago. I get my annual fix of Canada when we go for vacation, but in reality it has been wonderful here. And the point is that there is lots of opportunity here…many many jobs for trained foreigners. The pay is below what we would expect in Canada or the US but the cost of living is also lower and the quality of life is wonderful. And it is different…if you enjoy experiencing something different and can “go with the flow” it is a wonderful opportunity. Anyone who is tempted should try it.

Not at all. Take your sino-crap and keep it. I’ve been meaning to tell you this for a long time.

You advertise China in 1001 ways. Just stay there, eternally and quit attempting to make the world in her image. She still sucks, no matter what you’ll say – those lights…they cover up all the darkness.